Benjamin bradshaw



(N0 Model.)

B. BRADSHAW. Sh0e.

N0. 242,872. Pafented Juhe 14, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO BENJAMIN BRADSHAW OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE.

SPEGIFIGATION form'mgpa.rt of Letters Patent N0. 242,872, dated June 14, 188i. App1ication filefl April 29 1es1. (N0 model.)

T0 all whom z't mag; concem Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BRADSHAW, of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphin, Stute 0f Pennsylvania, have invented a certainnew and nseful lmprovement in Shoes, 0f which the following is a specification.

This invention lms f0r its object theimprove- 1nent of that dass 0f shoes known as spring heel shoes, by the npplication thereto 0f a meta1strengthening-flamc or heel-guard in a simple and effective manner and ab little 9xpense. This metal stiengtheuing-frame 01 heel-gnard cousists 0f a flange shaped to surround the edge of the cread of the heel, und pnovided at its uf)per edge with internal ears, by which 1'I3 is secured t0 the foundation 0f the heel by means of nails 0r screws, und the tread 0f he heel, which in this dass 0f shoes is fonned with t.he so1e from a single piece of leather, is shaped t0 fit inside the fiange 0f the gnard and eovers the internal ears of it, the bearing-surface 0f the heel-tread being then abont; even with the bottom edge of the metal flange. The heel is eompleted and the several parts f u rther secured together b y means' ofnails driven down through the foundation into the tread of the l1eel. I.he bottom ofthe shoe comprising the sole nndheel, with the metal strengthening-frame 01 heel-guard complete, is then secured t0 the upper in the ordiuary manner. These flangeheel-guards I m2mke sufficiently lig'nl: 1:0 enable tbem to be readily bent to snit different forms of heels, und yet: strong enough 1:0 stand all wem and rough usage they are liable t0 receive, thereby obviating the necessity of making patterns, &c. 0f then1 f0r every shape and size of heels. v

The construction 0f my improved heel-guard and manner of attaching jl; t0 the heels pf spring-heel shoes Will be readily understood by reference had to the acc0mpanying drawings, forrning pa1t 0f this speeification, in whieh-- Figure l is an underneath perspective view 0f a spring-heel shoe with my improvement-s thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side 0f the finished shoe. Fig. 3 shows the flange heel-gnard secured. to the foundation of the heel. Fig. 4 represents the botton1 bearing piece comprising the s0le and heel tread. Fig.

5 is a perspective view of a flange heel-gfuard detached and reversed in position t0 clea-rly Show the internal flanges. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section 0f spring-heel and sole complete. Fig. 7 is the plan of the under sich of the finished heel, With the protecting inetal flange partly around the same, and Fig. 8 is 21 side elevation of the same.

By 1efening to Figs. 3 and 5, ib will be seen that the metal strengthening-frmne o1 heelguard a is simplya fiange adapted 130 surround the unter edge of the tread of the heel, and provided with three internal ears, a a a, by which il: is secured to the foundation 0f the heel b by nails being driven through holcs in the ears a. The flange is also provided with a narrow interna-l rim, a f0r the pnrpose of making 1't sufficiently stiff t0 withstand the wenn, &c.; but the flzmge may be bent, as desired, t0 eonform to the. shnpe 0f the heel t0 which it is, t0 be attached.

The solc c. and tread d are formed 0f one piece of leather, constituting what is known as a, spring-heel. The heel parls d in this case is cut as shown at Fig. 4, to fit inside 0f Lhe metal fiange a and it; is secured t0 the foundation b 0f the heel by n1eans of nails being driven through the f'oundation b into, but not entirely through, the heel-tread d, thereby firmly attaching the heel-guard t0 the heel. The fiange a thereof, being the only part exposed, gives 2 finished appeamnce t0 the shoe, and its l0wer edge forms a substantial wenn in g-ed ge for the heel. The sole Witlh the whole of the heel, may now be finished by nailing the front edge of thefoundation b to the spring bend ot' the heel d, by meansof flne nails b, as shoWn zu; Figs. 2 and 6, in which condition it is ready to be attached to bhe upper e by any of the ordinary means.

Three eonneeting-ears, a, only are shown. As many as are required nmy'be forn1edon the inside of the flange a, t0 secure it; properly t0 the foundatior1 b; and the external sides 0f the flange may be straight, ns shown, 01 may be rounded 2u1d fiared outward at the bottonn edge as 1nueh as is desired.

The modification show n ab Figs: 7 und 8 cousists simply in the fiange a being eut away, excepting ab such part of the heel at'which ehe 1nost wear occurs, the internal rim, a and ears being t-he same as before described. [Ehe principal advantage f this f01n1 is, that some saving 0f metal in the heel-guard is thereby 5 effected.

Having 110W described my invention, what I elaim, am] desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As an improvement in spring-heel shoes, in combination, the foundation b, the metal heel-guard consisting 0f the wearing-flange a and retaining-ears a, and the heel-tread d and sole c, construeted and conuected together substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore se forth.

2. As a new and improved article of manufacture, the combined s0le and heel f01 spring heel shoes, consisting of the bearing-surface c d, the heel-foundation b, a-nd the metal 'guard hzwing the wearing-fiange a und retaining-ears a a, as hereinbefore sei; forth.

BENJAMIN BRADSHAW.

Witnesses:

THOMAS B. THORNDYKE, WILLIAM WILKINS. 

